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turn a blind eye

VERB
  1. refuse to acknowledge
    He turns a blind eye to the injustices in his office

How To Use turn a blind eye In A Sentence

  • The women turn a blind eye.
  • And whereas traffic wardens currently turn a blind eye to hearses and wedding cars parking on the double yellow lines, they will have no choice but to issue tickets in the future.
  • We cannot continue to turn a blind eye or ear and pretend that all is well when many people are hurting and yearning for help.
  • Management often turn a blind eye to bullying in the workplace.
  • Even if true, that hardly proves the point that we should continue to turn a blind eye to those who are cheating the system.
  • There could be underlying problems around here that people turn a blind eye to. Times, Sunday Times
  • Be supportive to your mum but keep in mind she may already know about much of it and be choosing to turn a blind eye. The Sun
  • There could be underlying problems around here that people turn a blind eye to. Times, Sunday Times
  • We can turn a blind eye to theory, but neither God nor his book will protect us from evolution's inexorable march.
  • Other officers could be bribed to turn a blind eye, said a restaurant owner in the port of Algeciras.
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